Bottle provided with combined drinking and measuring vessel



Nov. 10, 1936. M. SAMUEL 2,060,125

BOTTLE PROVIDED WITH COMBINED DRINKING AND MEASURING VESSEL Filed Nov.11, 1935 INVENTOR.

Max SarnuqJ.

y. cwwxc ww Patented Nov. 10, 1936 UNITED STATES BOTTLE PROVIDED WITHCOMBINED DRINKING AND MEASURING VESSEL Max Samuel, Cologne, GermanyApplication November 11, 1935, Serial No. 49,196 In Germany June 29,1935 1 Claim.

Up to the present all known bottles which are combined with a drinkingand measuring vessel have a series of drawbacks, which mainly are causedin that a special drinking and measuring vessel, made chiefly of metal,is removably fitted to the bottle by means of screw threads and by theuse of special tightening or packing means made of cork or rubber.Besides the comparatively high price of these bottles the fastening andremoving of the drinking vessel, is troublesome and a waste of time; thespecial tightening means made of cork or rubber afiects or spoils thetaste of the liquid and renders a frequent and careful cleaning of thewhole bottle necessary because residue of the liquid settles and driesin the hollow spaces which exist. Finally it is rather unpleasant todrink out of a vessel which is not made of glass or china.

All these disadvantages are fully eliminated by the present invention.The principal characteristic of the new bottle, provided with a combineddrinking and measuring vessel, consists in that the bottle is closed bya hollow plug which is inserted into the conical neck of the bottle, theplug being made of glass or any other suitable rigid and transparentmaterial, formed conically or tapered at both ends, but is provided witha closed bottom at one end only. This hollow plug therefore serves onthe one hand as a tight closure for the bottle and on the other hand,after being reversed or removed entirely from the bottle as a drinkingor measuring vessel. If one cone of the said plug is provided with twoor more longitudinal grooves on the outside, the bottle, itcorrespondingly made smaller can be used as a drop bottle or a flaskfrom which the liquid can be delivered in drops.

In Figs. 1-4 of the accompanying drawing the new bottle by way ofexample is illustrated in a constructional form showing a bottle fromwhich the liquid can be delivered in drops for medical purposes.

In this drawing, Fig. 1 shows the closed bottle in side view, partly incross section; Fig. 2 shows a cross section through the neck of thebottle with the hollow plug reversed, i. e. in the position of thebottle so that drops can be delivered; Fig. 3 shows a cross sectionthrough the neck of the bottle taken on the line AB of Fig. 2; and Fig.4 shows a view of the hollow plug used as a drinking and measuringvessel.

The drawing shows a constructional form of the bottle a from which theliquid can issue in drops and which can be used in standing and in lyingdown position. The bottle has an obliquely inclined neck I), theflattened side wall of the bottle being in the upper part inclinedupwardly, so that the residue of the liquid in a nearly emptied bottlecollects in the neck so that the bottle can be emptied to the last dropby making use of a 5 syringe or a squirt. The inside of the bottle neckI) is smooth and of conical form and is adapted to be closed by means ofa plug, which is made of glass or any other suitable hard andtransparent material. The two ends ct and e of the plug are both ofconical form. Further this hollow plug is closed by a bottom 7 at oneend only. Whereas the surface of the cone d, which serves for the tightclosing of the bottle, is quite smooth the other cone e, which in Fig. 1is situated outside the bottle, is provided with two rills or grooves gand h (Fig. 2), which are opposite to each other, the rill or groove gbeing a little bigger than the rill or groove h. The cones d and e ofthe hollow plug are both ground in the bottle neck I).

For the purpose of issuing drops the plug is reinserted. as can be seenin Fig. 2, so that the cone e is situated in the bottle neck. Thesmaller rill or groove h, which is situated at the underside of the conee, dispenses small drops, when the bottle is tilted, whereby the otherand larger rill or groove g serves as a channel for the air entering thebottle. Vice versa, the rill it can form the air channel whilst thelarger rill g dispenses larger drops. It is possible to dispense dropsin any desired position of the plug and the bottle; it is only essentialto hold the bottle so that in each case the required rill or groove fordispensing the drops is situated somewhere on the underside of the plug.

The hollow plug can also be used as a drinking or measuring vessel. Whendrinking the plug may remain in the bottle, especially in smallerbottles; the plug may also be used separate from the bottle just aseasily and represents then a normal drinking vessel which can be heldcomfortably and can be placed on a table. If it is desired to use thehollow plug as a measuring vessel, said plug is provided with a suitablemeasuring scale, (Fig. 4). The bottom of the 4.5 hollow plug canobviously be arranged on the other end of said plug. The bottom mayotherwise be situated inside. the hollow plug, as for instance in themiddle, if two equally sized measuring vessels are required separatedfrom each other, and the bottom may also be situated not at the middle,ii a larger and a smaller measuring vessel are required. 7

The invention may obviously be applied to all types and sizes ofbottles. Instead of two rills or grooves for the purpose of dispensingthe drops three or more may be provided on the cone 6.

The hollow plug forms a tight closing device in all cases, withoutmaking use of screws or special tightening means. The cost of the bottleis low and its use quite easy and convenient, as the plug has only to betaken out, reversed and reinserted. There are no places where dirt cansettle and all parts are entirely made of glass so that the taste of theliquid does not remain in the bottle after use. In the form of a bottlefor dispensing drops, the bottle possesses all the advantages of aperfect bottle for the purpose of dispensing an accurate number of dropsof a liquid medicine, or a chemical fluid and so on.

If no rills or grooves for dispensing drops are required the conicalpart e of the plug may he formed cylindrically. If desired, the plug maybe provided, between the two cones, with an appropriate handle (collarin the form of a flange, two projections and so on).

I claim:-

A bottle with a combined drinking and measuring vessel, characterized inthat a glass plug conically shaped at both ends in known manner, whichfits tightly into the conical neck of the bottle, is constructed hollowthroughout and is provided with a bottom at one end only, said hollowglass plug being of such a shape that it can be used as a drinking ormeasuring vessel when mounted in the closed bottle.

MAX SAMUEL.

